METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UNIFORM GATEWAY ACCESS IN A VIRTUALIZED LAYER-2 NETWORK DOMAIN

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APP PUB NO 20140376550A1
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13925706

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The disclosure herein describes a system, which provides uniform access to a gateway in an extended virtualized layer-2 network. During operation, the system identifies a media access control (MAC) address, which is associated with a respective gateway in the extended virtualized layer-2 network, in a layer-2 header of a data frame. This MAC address is specific to the extended virtualized layer-2 network (e.g., for a different extended virtualized layer-2 network, a different MAC address is associated with a respective gateway). The system modifies the layer-2 header by swapping the MAC address with another MAC address, which uniquely identifies a gateway in the extended virtualized layer-2 network, in the layer-2 header and forwards the frame with the modified header to the gateway.

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VMWARE INC3401 HILLVIEW AVENUE KIND ATTN JUSTAS GERINGSON PALO ALTO CA 94304

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Chandrashekhar, Ganesan Palo Alto, US 131 4241
Khan, Andre Palo Alto, US 3 194
Maskalik, Serge Palo Alto, US 76 3454
Rugge, Rudra Palo Alto, US 1 96
Sezer, Stephane Palo Alto, US 1 96

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